bees sting neighbour

[The Drone Ranger]

I was tempted in my second year in the early eighties to try a pale leather coloured Q from comercial breeder down south, she wouldn't stop laying in any circumstance and all summer I had to monitor to avoid them starving, although I got rid of her it did give me enough bees to be able to make up nucs and breed my own from my local Queen.(the first q I bred lasted 5 years, happy days)

Happy days
Thanks for that post nemphlar its made me smile and laugh evertime I think about it

[The Drone Ranger]

This is a clipping I found which the SBA mag printed a while back

The Mansfield News
“Robert Wood, an apiarist of some
renown in northwestern Ohio, is suffering
from the stings of a bee, and physicians
have little hope of his recovery.
While caring for his bees he was
stung a half-dozen times, about a week
ago, and poisoning has set in. His lip has
swollen so that it almost covers the face,
and lancing had no relieving effect. The
poisoning further extended to the brain,
and he is now a raving maniac.”

I suspect a there was certain amount
of exaggeration about his condition.

[gavin]

I expect that I would also become a raving maniac if someone tried lancing my swollen lips after being stung.

[Neils]

According to some you don't need anything lancing!

[The Drone Ranger]

I expect that I would also become a raving maniac if someone tried lancing my swollen lips after being stung.

According to some you don't need anything lancing!

You guys are nuts !

On a less frivolous note I would caution people about putting a honey coated hive tool into the pocket of your jeans

Bees can an WILL follow !!

This guy was on his way to the treatment centre when the photo was taken

[Trog]

Ha ha! Great photo!

[AlexJ]

[QUOTE=gavin;6550] Alex seems frustrated by the lack of action his side of the water but feel free to cajole, suggest, and help Alex. QUOTE]

Gavin,

Not frustrated - somewhat bemused by the constant cycle of Amm v. 'non-native' from which it is becoming increasingly obvious will have little overall effect unless there is a co-ordinated approach to the subject. I am of course assuming a few isolated ‘enthusiast’ apiaries will have no real affect on the greater genetic profile of the honey bee in Scotland?

Breeding queens isn't difficult for a beginner - access to good quality bees from which to develop their stock can be problematic; I'll breed my own queens in the interim and wait for the next discussion on the merits of Amm v.mongrels/hybrids……

Jon,

Dismissing beginners as generally heavy handed and clumsy is doing a disservice to many able beekeepers with opinions as equally valid as yours. The Coca Cola analogy was somewhat tortured, and Trog’s dissertation on breeding queens not a paradigm I recognise for ensuring Amm once more dominates the north of these islands – though what do I know I’m a self confessed beginner.

[The Drone Ranger]

Guys forget all this and pop over to the cell punching thread

See you there

[AlexJ]

Guys forget all this and pop over to the cell punching thread

See you there

Fair point - we'll end up going round in circles - off to vote!

[Jon]

Hi Alex.
My handling certainly improved as I got more experience and especially when I threw away the leather gloves.

I didn't intend to dismiss anyone - rather point out that poor handling, combined with poor swarm control combined with poor choice of queen is a recipe for disaster if you keep your bees in a small garden in a built up area.
If you read some of the other bee forums a lot of the discussion seems to about buying in queens as a quick fix solution to any perceived problem which crops up.